
Road to Revolution Review
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Aubrey Cooper
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Multiple Choice
What idea did the Enlightenment encourage among Englishmen and colonists?
Trusting the king without question
Relying only on tradition and religion
Using reason and knowledge to question authority
Obeying Parliament no matter what
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Multiple Choice
According to John Locke, what was the main role of government?
To expand the king’s power
To protect people’s natural rights
To collect taxes and manage trade
To control the colonies
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Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
To argue that the colonies should separate from Britain
To support loyalty to the king
To describe the French and Indian War
D. To end slavery in the colonies
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Multiple Choice
The English Bill of Rights (1689) stated that:
Parliament, not the king, made laws and taxes
The king could ignore Parliament’s laws
Only the king could pass taxes
Colonists could not vote
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Multiple Choice
What was one major effect of the French and Indian War?
A. Britain was left in heavy debt
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France gained control of all colonies
The colonies gained independence
Native Americans gained land
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Multiple Choice
What was Parliament’s main reason for creating new colonial taxes?
To pay off debts from the French and Indian War
To punish colonists for protesting
To limit trade with France
To build new colonies
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Multiple Choice
How did colonists respond to the Stamp Act?
They ignored it
B. They boycotted British goods
They supported it
They moved to Canada
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Multiple Choice
Why did delegates meet at the First Continental Congress?
To protest the Intolerable Acts
To declare immediate war
To write the U.S. Constitution
To plan trade with France
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Multiple Choice
Why were colonists angry about the continued tax on tea?
It limited their freedom to choose trade partners
It made coffee more expensive
It only affected Loyalists
It banned tea in the colonies
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Outbreak of Open War
By 1775, tensions in Massachusetts had reached a boiling point. Colonial militias, known as "Minutemen," trained to be ready to fight at a moment's notice, and secret stashes of arms and supplies were stockpiled.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
On the night of April 19, 1775, British troops moved out of Boston to seize colonial weapons hidden in Concord. Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott rode ahead to sound the alarm.
Lexington: At dawn, British troops encountered a group of colonial militia led by Captain John Parker. A shot was fired—its origin unknown—sparking a brief skirmish. Eight colonists were killed, and the militia scattered. This event was later immortalized by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the shot heard 'round the world."
Concord: The British moved on to Concord, where they discovered and destroyed the colonial supplies, but as they returned to Boston the Redcoats (aka British) were met by nearlly 4,000 Minutemen (militia) and were forced into a retreat.
These battles marked the irreversible transition from protest to war, compelling every colonist to decide whether to remain a Loyalist to the king or become a Patriot fighting for independence.
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Multiple Choice
The phrase “the shot heard ‘round the world” refers to:
The first battle at Lexington
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
The French and Indian War
The Boston Massacre
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Multiple Choice
After the Battle of Concord, what did colonists do?
Forced British troops to retreat under fire
Surrendered their weapons peacefully
Destroyed all of the British supplies
Signed a peace treaty
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Multiple Choice
What idea from John Locke is echoed in the Declaration?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Parliament’s power to tax
The right to serve the king
Equal rights for British citizens only
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Multiple Choice
Why was the Declaration written for foreign governments to read?
To gain their support for independence
To threaten Britain with invasion
To apologize for rebellion
To ask for more British troops
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